Despite the widespread success of the Apple (AAPL) iPad more than half of companies lack a clear iPad tablet strategy according to a recent survey by Dimensional Research. CNET’s Stephen Shankland points out the survey which found that “Most participants, 51 percent, indicated that they did not have a clearly articulated strategy.”
The survey of 448 businesses found that:
- 22% have already deployed tablets.
- 22% plan to do so this year
- 24% plan to next year
- 20% have no plans to deploy tablets
Dimensional Research polled the firms on whose tablet they intend to deploy and found:
83% intend to go with Apple iPads- 17% Research In Motion’s (RIMM) BlackBerry PlayBook
- 14% HP‘s (HPQ) Slate
- 13% Motorola‘s (MSI) Xoom
- 11% Dell‘s (DELL) Streak
Ann All at ITBusinessEdge.com says the survey is an affirmation that the BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology) trend is not hype, 41% of survey respondents said individual employees were using tablets they had purchased themselves.
The research firm also found that 82% of firms will use tablets to complement, and not replace, laptops. This fact is not lost on IT Pros. 42% of IT staff said business stakeholders do not understand the need for more development like new front pages specifically for the iPad.
Many of the companies I’ve spoken with seem to discover multiple use cases they hadn’t imagined for tablets when they begin putting them into users’ hands. And new applications continue to emerge all the time.
What do you think?
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Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.